Gary Lineker to leave BBC's Match Of The Day.
Gary is set to leave Match of Match Of The Day after 25 years. Gary Lineker, who has hosted the BBC Premier League highlights show since 1999, will step down at the end of the cureent football season. The star is the highest paid on-air talent at the BBC and is under contract until the end of the football season. The 63-year-old also oversees a successful podcast business, which includes the popular The Rest Is Football, which he hosts alongside Match Of The Day pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards. The 63-year-old is one of the BBC’s best-known presenters and is one of its highest-paid stars, earning more than £1.3m a year. Lineker has also presented coverage of major sporting events like World Cups and European Championships and BBC Sports Personality of the Year events.